Pierre Aiguille

2 orientation tables with a splendid panorama.

1 - Crozes Hermitage On leaving the car park go across the bridge then turn left past the townhall heading towards L’Epinet Pierre Aiguille for a few hundred steps.2 - Les Pinets Turn right onto the forest track overlooking Crozes Hermitage. Turn right again onto the path going down into a clearing. At the end when you get to the forest turn left onto the track (15 minutes) going through woodland, vines and orchards (some uncertain paths here) so keep to the obvious section. To the right, towards the forest, take the clearly marked trail with steep parts and wooden steps. Here you have a beautiful view overlooking Crozes and the Vercors mountains. Within 20 minutes you will be on the ridge above the Rhône Valley. Carry on along the ridge until you reach the viewpoint. The path is well-marked but narrow and steep (you can see other close bluffs – about 45-minute walk) 3 - Pierre Aiguille Head south on a dirt track then, on the bend at the crossroads signed up Chapelle de l’Hermitage, take the tarmac road. 4 - Les Balmes After 100m, turn left onto a path through thicket and woodland with steep inclines down and wooden steps. At the bottom of the ravine the path becomes wider (vines, orchards, conifers). Carry on on the road just after the farm and turn left taking you back to the starting point.